Big Rig overturns on Highway 20

LUCERNE -- The driver of a big rig was transported to the hospital after losing control of the truck on the highway at 4:25 a.m. on Thursday.

According to the California Highway Patrol, Bobby Fackrell, 52, of Hopland was driving a 2000 Freight Liner truck towing a flatbed trailer loaded with drilling equipment eastbound on Highway 20 at an unsafe speed. When Fackrell attempted to negotiate a moderate right curve in the roadway the truck overturned and hit two parked vehicles. The big rig came to rest on its left side. The highway was closed for about a half-hour.

Fackrell was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital with moderate injuries.